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Jennifer Hudson has a steal remaining and Blake Shelton has a save to use as the knockouts conclude on The Voice Monday night. (NBC Photo)

The knockout round concludes Monday on The Voice. And we’ve yet to hear from three of the four singers who turned all four coaches chairs in the blind auditions.

That includes 13-year-old Kennedy Holmes of Team Jennifer Hudson, Kirk Jay of Team Blake Shelton and DeAndre Nico of Team Adam Levine, all of whom would nail down a spot in the live playoffs with a knockout round victory.

The Voice also held back Kirk, DeAndre and Kennedy until the final night of the battle rounds and wound up montaging the battles featuring Kennedy and Kirk.

The good news: There should be no montages Monday. Just six knockouts remain, and The Voice can typically squeeze six matches in a two-hour time frame.

Other things to note:

* Kelly Clarkson hasn’t used her save yet, and only has one match remaining, between teenagers Sarah Grace and Chevel Shepherd. In other words, both are heading to the live playoffs.

* Bake Shelton is the other coach who hasn’t used his save, which means it will go to the person who doesn’t win one of his two remaining match-ups. My hunch is that he’ll use it on the loser of the Michael Lee-Chris Kroeze pairing since The Voice has already leaked that performance (see below).

* The only steal remaining belongs to Jennifer. Since she’s already used her save, that means the loser of the Kennedy Holmes / Anthony Ayra knockout round match heads home.

* There are six knockouts set for Monday, but with the combination of steals and saves still remaining, only three singers will be eliminated.

* Oh, and if you’re wondering, Tuesday’s one-hour episode of The Voice will be a rehash of what’s already happened to this point in Season 15. Which leaves a longtime viewer like me wondering why the show had to montage so many battle round matches. Sorry, The Voice. I know what’s happened to this point. I’m not interested in watching an hour-long rehash.

Here are the knockout round matches we’ll see Monday and results of those that have already aired. The links take you to an updated profile of each singer.

TEAM ADAM LEVINE

Deandre Nico vs. Jake Wells
Steve Memmolo vs. Delaney Silvernell *
Already aired — Tyke James versus Keith Paluso * (Tyke advanced, Keith was stolen by Kelly)
Already aired — Reagan Strange vs. Radha (Reagan advanced, Radha was saved by Adam)

TEAM BLAKE SHELTON

Kirk Jay vs. Colton Smith *
Michael Lee vs. Chris Kroeze
Already aired — Dave Fenley vs. Kameron Marlowe (Dave advanced, Kameron was stolen by Team Adam)
Already aired — Katrina Cain vs. Funsho * (Funsho advanced, Katrina was eliminated)

TEAM JENNIFER HUDSON

Kennedy Holmes vs. Anthony Arya *
Already aired — MaKenzie Thomas vs. Mike Parker(McKenzie advanced; Mike was eliminatd)
Already aired — Patrique Fortson vs. Sandy Redd * (Patrique advanced; Sandy was saved by Jennifer)
Already aired — Franc West vs. Tyshawn Colquitt (Franc advanced; Tyshawn was eliminated)

TEAM KELLY CLARKSON

Chevel Shepherd vs. Sarah Grace
Already aired — Kymberli Joye vs. Natasia Greycloud * vs. Zaxai * (Kymberli and Zaxai advanced; Natasia was stolen by Blake)
Already aired — Abby Cates vs. Clair Dejean (Abby advanced, Claire was eliminated)

Note: Cody Ray Raymond left the show after the battles, leaving a three-way showdown for one of the Team Kelly knockout round matches.

* Stolen during the battle round